17th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry: Difference between revisions

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The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 3,684 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UWI0017RI Roster].  
The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 3,684 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UWI0017RI Roster].  


<br> '''Wisconsin 11th Battery, Light Artillery or "Oconto Guards"'''
The Oconto Guards were first organized to be part of the 17th Wisconsin Infantry.&nbsp; But, the 17th was full so the group was taken by Capt. Rourke to Chicago to be part of the battery to Mulligan's Irish Brigade.&nbsp; They were temporarily attached and then became Battery L of the [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/1st_Regiment,_Illinois_Light_Artillery 1st Illinois Light Artillery].
The [http://archive.org/stream/rosterofwisconsi01wisc#page/n9/mode/2up Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers]<ref>Wisconsin. ''Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865''. Madison: Democrat printing co., state printers, 1886.</ref>, found on the&nbsp; [http://archive.org/index.php Internet Archives] web site, shows this battery as the 11th Battery, Wisconsin, Light Artillery.&nbsp; The men who served in this battery, their residences, dates of enlistment and mustering out, and other remarks. <br>
11th Battery, Light Artillery&nbsp; - [http://archive.org/stream/rosterofwisconsi01wisc#page/244/mode/1up Roster] page 244.<br>


The following company links are to rosters taken from [https://archive.org/stream/rosterofwisconsi02wisco#page/n5/mode/2up Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers]<ref>Wisconsin. ''Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 Volume II''. (Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers, 1886)</ref>, found on the [http://archive.org/index.php Internet Archives] web site. The rosters show the men who served in each regiment, their residences, dates of enlistment and mustering out, and other remarks. <br>  
The following company links are to rosters taken from [https://archive.org/stream/rosterofwisconsi02wisco#page/n5/mode/2up Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers]<ref>Wisconsin. ''Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 Volume II''. (Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers, 1886)</ref>, found on the [http://archive.org/index.php Internet Archives] web site. The rosters show the men who served in each regiment, their residences, dates of enlistment and mustering out, and other remarks. <br>  
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Unassigned Recruits - [https://archive.org/stream/rosterofwisconsi02wisco#page/35/mode/1up Roster] page 80.
Unassigned Recruits - [https://archive.org/stream/rosterofwisconsi02wisco#page/35/mode/1up Roster] page 80.
<br> '''Wisconsin 11th Battery, Light Artillery or "Oconto Guards"'''
The Oconto Guards were first organized to be part of the 17th Wisconsin Infantry.&nbsp; But, the 17th was full so the group was taken by Capt. Rourke to Chicago to be part of the battery to Mulligan's Irish Brigade.&nbsp; They were temporarily attached and then became Battery L of the [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/1st_Regiment,_Illinois_Light_Artillery 1st Illinois Light Artillery].
The [http://archive.org/stream/rosterofwisconsi01wisc#page/n9/mode/2up Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers]<ref>Wisconsin. ''Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865''. Madison: Democrat printing co., state printers, 1886.</ref>, found on the&nbsp; [http://archive.org/index.php Internet Archives] web site, shows this battery as the 11th Battery, Wisconsin, Light Artillery.&nbsp; The men who served in this battery, their residences, dates of enlistment and mustering out, and other remarks. <br>
11th Battery, Light Artillery&nbsp; - [http://archive.org/stream/rosterofwisconsi01wisc#page/244/mode/1up Roster] page 244.<br>


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